A feature-inversion effect: Can an isolated feature show behavior like the face-inversion effect?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 617-624

  Rakover, Sam S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Face perception; Face recognition; Face inversion effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864083439     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0264-4     Document Type: Article

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